Between Culture and Nature: Some Considerations on the Life History Perspective

• Authors: Krzysztof Zamorski

Abstracts

EN

Life history is a term usually assigned in the history of historiography to the Italian school of microhistory. In fact, it is a concept typical for the natural sciences in the case of which it is a framework focused on studies of life history strategies as well as life cycles. Life history analysis has become the subject of numerous studies around the world and has been gaining in popularity in social sciences. The author presents life history as a certain research perspective for historical studies which is capable of incorporating both natural and cultural approaches. He draws inspirations of the life history perspective from recent research into history of modern Poland.

Keywords

EN

life history; microhistory; life course theory; quality analysis; biographical studies

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Historyka Studia Metodologiczne
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 51
• Issue: Spec. iss.
• Pages: 369-387

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Krzysztof Zamorski

• https://orcid.org/0000000306807510

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/hsm.2021.138893

Biblioteka Nauki

20312130